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HoPE Primary School
Title:
Help Build
3 Classrooms for Urban Refugees in Kampala, Uganda
Immediate
Impact:
3 classrooms will provide free primary education to vulnerable
children, including girls, reduce the number of child pregnancies,
and provide protection for children during school hours
Community
Impact:
Construction of the
HoPE classrooms will be carried out by refugee parents in the
community and will provide a temporary income for these families.
It also provides an opportunity for others to view their work,
which may lead to future employment.
Amount
Needed:
7345 USD per classroom.
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The HoPe Primary
School is the only Ugandan school for refugees located outside of a
refugee camp. HoPE School is financially supported with
contributions from refugee parents and school fees from Ugandan
families. However, these contributions and fees are not enough to
adequately pay teacher salaries, so HoPe Primary School relies on
volunteer teachers from within and outside of the community. These
sources of income are also not enough to fix broken classrooms or
to build the additional classrooms that the school needs.
In addition to primary education, the
school is used as a community forum where children and adults
discuss issues that arise from the cohabitation of refugee and
native populations. Topics, introduced by a teacher who guides the
discussions, reduce in school fighting, increase self-esteem, and
promote peaceful community building. This has far reaching impact
for Ugandans.
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